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Broadcast Station Totals as of 12/08/05

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The FCC issued this release.

DA 05- 3149 Released: December 8, 2005

BROADCAST STATION TOTALS AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 2005


The Commission has announced the following totals for broadcast stations licensed as of September 30, 2005:

AM STATIONS 4758
FM COMMERCIAL 6215
FM EDUCATIONAL 2626

TOTAL 13,599


UHF COMMERCIAL TV 781
VHF COMMERCIAL TV 589
UHF EDUCATIONAL TV 253
VHF EDUCATIONAL TV 126

TOTAL 1,749


CLASS A UHF STATIONS 485
CLASS A VHF STATIONS 108

TOTAL 593

FM TRANSLATORS & BOOSTERS 3920
UHF TRANSLATORS 2678
VHF TRANSLATORS 1825

TOTAL 8,423


UHF LOW POWER TV 1621
VHF LOW POWER TV 496

TOTAL 2,117

LOW POWER FM 598 598


TOTAL BROADCAST STATIONS 27,079

- FCC -
 
> The FCC issued this release.
>
> DA 05- 3149 Released: December 8, 2005
>
> BROADCAST STATION TOTALS AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 2005
>
>
> The Commission has announced the following totals
> for broadcast stations licensed as of September 30,
> 2005:
>


No breakdown in the listings for Digital?
 
AM down about 5 % from 1990 levels

There are about five percent fewer AM stations than in 1990, when there were just a few shy of five thousand.

Wonder why that number hasn't gone down faster, given the number of marginal AMs out there. Will it drop faster when HD starts doubling the number of FM signals?
 
Re: AM down about 5 % from 1990 levels

> Wonder why that number hasn't gone down faster, given the
> number of marginal AMs out there. Will it drop faster when
> HD starts doubling the number of FM signals?
>
All of the marginal AMs I know of have a marginal (or slightly better) FM that goes with it, and the corporation packages the two stations for sales purposes.

Also, aren't there a lot of AMs that are licensed, but silent?
 
> > The FCC issued this release.
> >
> > DA 05- 3149 Released: December 8, 2005
> >
> > BROADCAST STATION TOTALS AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 2005
>
> >
> >
> > The Commission has announced the following totals
> > for broadcast stations licensed as of September 30,
>
> > 2005:
> >
>
>
> No breakdown in the listings for Digital?
>


On the AM band, FCC shows 97 licensed for HD. Only 32 of those are West of Mississippi River.

On FM 481 licensed for HD.
 
Re: AM down about 5 % from 1990 levels

If consolodation had never happened (as in same rules that were in effect before the late 80s)I wouldn't doubt AM levels would be down closer to 20%. Not sure how many are licensed but silent.<P ID="signature">______________
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